Bedstead construction



7 Patented Get. 23, 1923,

entree srarss ANDRE'W GILDER, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

BEDSTEAD CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed'March 13, 1922. Serial No. 543,183.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1, ANDREW GILDER, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Rapids,in the county ofKent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Bedstead Construction, of which the following isaspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in appliances for connecting theside rails of a bed-stead with the posts, and its objects are: first, toprovide a means whereby the rails may be readily and very firmlyconnected with the posts; second, to provide a means whereby theconnecting elements may be readily disconnected the rails removedwithout diiiiculty, and, third, to provide a means whereby theconnecting elements may be readily connected with the post and rails ofa bed-stead.

I attain these objects by the mechanism and construction of parts shownin the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a sectional view of apart of a bed post showing the relative positions of the connectingelements when properly connected with their supporting elements, theposts and the rails. Fig. 2 is an elevation of a part of a bed post andthe end of a bed rail showing them as properly connected. Fig. 3 is afront elevation of the post connecting ele ment. Fig. 4 is a sideelevation of the same. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the same showing ameans for readily removing the rail connections from the postconnections.

F (S is a sectional end view of the post showing the position of thepost connecting element. Fig. 7 is a front elevation of a part of thepost showing the simple form of connecting element in place. Fig. 8 isan end view, and 9 is a side view of the rail showing the manner ofattaching the rail connecting element.

Similar reference numerals indicate similair parts throughout theseveral views.

In the construction of these connecting elements I make a dovetailedmetal plate 3, shallow at the upper end, and deeper at the lower end, asshown in Fig. 1 and having inwardly inclined outer walls, 6, and a solidconnecting back wall 7, which is connected with, or passed into aproperly formed slot 1 in the side of the post 1; And, for the railconnection I make a corresponding metal, element composed of a thin bodypart 5, a broad thin connecting plate 4 arranged at an incline with theend of the rail 2, arranged to form a proper connection with theretaining groove 3 in the plate 3, as indicated in Fig. l.

The element 3 may be made in the simple form shown in Figs. 3 and 7 withno means provided for readily removing the rail member, or it may bemade with an extension 13 thereon for the support of a lever 9,pivotally mounted as at 10 so the end of the plate 4 will rest upon thepoint 11 in such a manner that if the lever 9 is forced downwardly theupward movement of its end ll will lift the end of the rail 2 upwardlyand loosen the grip of the plate at in the groove 3 so the rail may beremoved without great effort.

I prefer that an arm, 8, be made integral with the lower end of theelement k5. and made to extend backwardly under the end of the railsufficiently to provide room for the introduction of a screw 12 to actin conjunction with the screw 12 for securing the plate to the end ofrail.

While the plate 3 is dovetailed into the 30 slot in the post 1, Iprefer, also, to make use of a screw 12 for more firmly holding theplate as continuous and long standing strain upon the plate might, intime, weaken the firmness of the plate, while with the use or" the screwthere will be no danger of such weakening. The utility of theseconnecting elements will be next to unlimited, and the construction ofthe bedstead will be very firm, rigid and lasting.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new in theart, is:

In bedstead post and rail construction, a dovetailed mortise madelongitudinally of the post, a metal lining fitted into said mortise andhaving a dovetailed slot formed inwardly from the front surface of saidlining, said slot being deep and narrow at the lower end and broader andshallow at the upper end, a correspondingly formed tongue secured to theend of the bed rail in posiwill force the inner end thereof upwardlytion to accurately fit into said slot, an arm and so loosen the tonguein the groove in integral With said tongue in position to exthe metallining that the rail may be readily l0 tend under the end of the bedrail, a lever removed from the bedpost.

pivotally mounted in the metal lining of the Signed at Grand Rapids,Michigan, March mortise in the post and so positioned that 7, 1922.

pressure upon th'e'iouter end of said lever ANDREW GILDER.

